[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by catwhowalks

Finally watched it, and boy do I not like the CGI rangers at all. I would have rather them stick with suits. In fact, there does seem to be a suit for the pink one. I really don't know why they went this route.

I mean, there's definitely a physical torso and head, but I don't think there's a physical lower half. Only enough parts for a close-up.

I'm sort of okay with the CG for two reasons. 1) I basically don't care about CG quality, 'cause it pretty much always looks like garbage and that's at least a little charming. 2) I love how unreal it makes the world? Everything about the first episode is meant to unmoor Haruka, and the viewer. Stuff getting thrown at you way too fast, hidden realities, Cube Dads, a mysterious Red who turns a life-or-death struggle into a party... and I think Kiji is along the same lines? He's like a cartoon character, and that's incredibly weird. He makes it difficult to understand if what's happening is dangerous or goofy or both, and I think that's the right tone for this episode, at a minimum.

Like, him looking out of place and unconvincing... I wouldn't go so far as to say it's the point, but I definitely think there's a narrative strength to him looking so cheap.